Comments on: 10 Dumbest Ideas Of The Decade http://weakonomics.com/2009/12/31/10-dumbest-ideas-of-the-decade/ Everything That's Wrong With You And Your Money Wed, 23 May 2012 01:09:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Clinton Mistwalker http://weakonomics.com/2009/12/31/10-dumbest-ideas-of-the-decade/comment-page-1/#comment-6109 Clinton Mistwalker Thu, 26 Apr 2012 00:51:00 +0000 http://weakonomics.com/?p=3620#comment-6109 To compare our present concept of healthcare to the time of the founding fathers is ridiculous.  They couldn't have included it because they couldn't have conceived of it in their time.  I am sure that if society then was like society now, they would have included some sort of reference to it...for or against.   To compare our present concept of healthcare to the time of the founding fathers is ridiculous.  They couldn’t have included it because they couldn’t have conceived of it in their time.  I am sure that if society then was like society now, they would have included some sort of reference to it…for or against.  

]]> By: Russ Germain http://weakonomics.com/2009/12/31/10-dumbest-ideas-of-the-decade/comment-page-1/#comment-5784 Russ Germain Tue, 06 Sep 2011 05:46:00 +0000 http://weakonomics.com/?p=3620#comment-5784 Glad I live in Canada where I have the right to see a doctor whenever I like. Glad I live in Canada where I have the right to see a doctor whenever I like.

]]> By: Kevin M http://weakonomics.com/2009/12/31/10-dumbest-ideas-of-the-decade/comment-page-1/#comment-3443 Kevin M Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:01:52 +0000 http://weakonomics.com/?p=3620#comment-3443 Funny, I could argue the same thing you said about opposing gay marriage for the health care issue. Do you really want your grandWeakkids to sit on your knee in 2040 and say, "Why did you oppose giving everyone access to healthcare, Grandpa?" Funny, I could argue the same thing you said about opposing gay marriage for the health care issue. Do you really want your grandWeakkids to sit on your knee in 2040 and say, “Why did you oppose giving everyone access to healthcare, Grandpa?”

]]> By: the weakonomist http://weakonomics.com/2009/12/31/10-dumbest-ideas-of-the-decade/comment-page-1/#comment-3426 the weakonomist Fri, 01 Jan 2010 14:58:18 +0000 http://weakonomics.com/?p=3620#comment-3426 Mike and Rhonda, the discussion that is being ignored is call geoengineering. The idea is to alter the atmosphere in a different way than we already have to reverse the effects of global warming. I certainly can't say why it will or won't work, I just don't understand why global warming prophets don't at least support further research. Mike and Rhonda, the discussion that is being ignored is call geoengineering. The idea is to alter the atmosphere in a different way than we already have to reverse the effects of global warming. I certainly can’t say why it will or won’t work, I just don’t understand why global warming prophets don’t at least support further research.

]]> By: Mike and Rhonda http://weakonomics.com/2009/12/31/10-dumbest-ideas-of-the-decade/comment-page-1/#comment-3425 Mike and Rhonda Fri, 01 Jan 2010 14:11:06 +0000 http://weakonomics.com/?p=3620#comment-3425 De-lurking. Love the blog, always craftily written. Disagree on healthcare, but that's what is great about living in America right? You can be wrong and still live here. How would you improve our efforts at combating global warming? Not looking for scientific answers, but if you can see we're on the wrong track then what is the right track? De-lurking. Love the blog, always craftily written.

Disagree on healthcare, but that’s what is great about living in America right? You can be wrong and still live here.

How would you improve our efforts at combating global warming? Not looking for scientific answers, but if you can see we’re on the wrong track then what is the right track?

]]> By: Mike http://weakonomics.com/2009/12/31/10-dumbest-ideas-of-the-decade/comment-page-1/#comment-3424 Mike Fri, 01 Jan 2010 05:09:32 +0000 http://weakonomics.com/?p=3620#comment-3424 I think you meant to say "out-lawing gay marriage" was a dumb idea. I'll agree that technically health care is not a right since nothing is really a "right" - but come on - in a supposedly advanced society I don't think it is too much to ask for access to proper health care. Imagine you are a newborn with some problems and your parents have no money. Is it fair that you don't get treatment because they can't manage their finances? Great comment by Erich since health care in the olden days was pretty bad. I think you meant to say “out-lawing gay marriage” was a dumb idea.

I’ll agree that technically health care is not a right since nothing is really a “right” – but come on – in a supposedly advanced society I don’t think it is too much to ask for access to proper health care. Imagine you are a newborn with some problems and your parents have no money. Is it fair that you don’t get treatment because they can’t manage their finances?

Great comment by Erich since health care in the olden days was pretty bad.

]]> By: Mark Wolfinger http://weakonomics.com/2009/12/31/10-dumbest-ideas-of-the-decade/comment-page-1/#comment-3423 Mark Wolfinger Fri, 01 Jan 2010 02:07:43 +0000 http://weakonomics.com/?p=3620#comment-3423 There are 10 years. Any 10 years can be referred to as a decade - and no one talks about 'end of decade' when the year ends in '3' or '7.' Many speak of the decade ending when year '9' ends. That's just not right. The first year was year one, not year zero. 'THE'' decade is from 1/1/01 through 12/31/10. I know I cannot convince you. Best regards and happy new year .-= Mark Wolfinger´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mdwoptions/Pwkn/~3/RHbIztGNMc8/trading-iron-condors-are-you-getting-a-fair-price-.html" rel="nofollow">Trading Iron Condors: Are you Getting a Fair Price?</a> =-. There are 10 years.

Any 10 years can be referred to as a decade – and no one talks about ‘end of decade’ when the year ends in ’3′ or ’7.’

Many speak of the decade ending when year ’9′ ends. That’s just not right.

The first year was year one, not year zero. ‘THE” decade is from 1/1/01 through 12/31/10.

I know I cannot convince you.

Best regards and happy new year
.-= Mark Wolfinger´s last blog ..Trading Iron Condors: Are you Getting a Fair Price? =-.

]]> By: the weakonomist http://weakonomics.com/2009/12/31/10-dumbest-ideas-of-the-decade/comment-page-1/#comment-3422 the weakonomist Fri, 01 Jan 2010 01:45:33 +0000 http://weakonomics.com/?p=3620#comment-3422 Erich, great comments my friend. That's exactly the kind of stuff I want my readers to point out. I do kind of contradict myself don't I? The only possible reply I could have is that the founding fathers did discuss slavery, but the southern delegates fought it too hard. To my (limited) knowledge, they didn't discuss healthcare. Mark, how many years are there between the beginning of 2000 and the end of 2009? Erich, great comments my friend. That’s exactly the kind of stuff I want my readers to point out. I do kind of contradict myself don’t I? The only possible reply I could have is that the founding fathers did discuss slavery, but the southern delegates fought it too hard. To my (limited) knowledge, they didn’t discuss healthcare.

Mark, how many years are there between the beginning of 2000 and the end of 2009?

]]> By: Erich http://weakonomics.com/2009/12/31/10-dumbest-ideas-of-the-decade/comment-page-1/#comment-3421 Erich Thu, 31 Dec 2009 19:45:09 +0000 http://weakonomics.com/?p=3620#comment-3421 Good list. I don't agree with all of it, but whatever. I would like to take issue with your argument about Healthcare tho. Not your position, just the argument. You argue that the founding fathers would have given us a right to a doctor if we should have it. This reasoning doesn't jibe too well with your previous statements about voting and slave-ownership. Basically you are saying "the founding fathers were wrong about the slavery thing, but they cannot be questioned about rights because they were the founding fathers". Also, please note, freeing the slaves meant adding rights to the constitution that weren't already there, so the lack of a right to healthcare in the constitution is not much of an argument. Another problem I have with the FF argument, is that in 1780 the doctor and the barber were the same person (dentist too), and the only cures they had involved lead and/or bleeding. Further doctors were a last resort, as likely to kill you as your illness.This is not the same as modern healthcare, where it is expected that the doctor has a reasonable chance of making you better. The FFs may or may not have declared a right to healthcare, we don't know since the situation is not reasonably comparable. (Similarly compare printed material vs the internet -- the FFs didn't forsee the internet as the main medium of communication (over speech and print), does that mean they probably would have been fine with it's censorship?) Good list. I don’t agree with all of it, but whatever. I would like to take issue with your argument about Healthcare tho. Not your position, just the argument. You argue that the founding fathers would have given us a right to a doctor if we should have it. This reasoning doesn’t jibe too well with your previous statements about voting and slave-ownership. Basically you are saying “the founding fathers were wrong about the slavery thing, but they cannot be questioned about rights because they were the founding fathers”. Also, please note, freeing the slaves meant adding rights to the constitution that weren’t already there, so the lack of a right to healthcare in the constitution is not much of an argument.

Another problem I have with the FF argument, is that in 1780 the doctor and the barber were the same person (dentist too), and the only cures they had involved lead and/or bleeding. Further doctors were a last resort, as likely to kill you as your illness.This is not the same as modern healthcare, where it is expected that the doctor has a reasonable chance of making you better. The FFs may or may not have declared a right to healthcare, we don’t know since the situation is not reasonably comparable. (Similarly compare printed material vs the internet — the FFs didn’t forsee the internet as the main medium of communication (over speech and print), does that mean they probably would have been fine with it’s censorship?)

]]> By: prasti http://weakonomics.com/2009/12/31/10-dumbest-ideas-of-the-decade/comment-page-1/#comment-3420 prasti Thu, 31 Dec 2009 18:26:36 +0000 http://weakonomics.com/?p=3620#comment-3420 ha...great list. my husband and i enjoy reading your blog. happy new year! cheers :) .-= prasti´s last blog ..<a href="http://herethereadventures.blogspot.com/2009/12/re-shrimp-bisque-soup.html" rel="nofollow">re: shrimp bisque soup</a> =-. ha…great list. my husband and i enjoy reading your blog. happy new year! cheers :)
.-= prasti´s last blog ..re: shrimp bisque soup =-.

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